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The Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) has published a statement of future priorities, confirming that the online procedure (Rules and Practice...
This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: the Prime Minister’s announcement of a 20% cut in business rates for some...
Property Disputes analysis: The High Court has clarified when a mortgagee becomes a landlord under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (RH(W)A 2016)...
Dispute Resolution analysis: The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) meeting of 17 June 2026 (conducted in a hybrid format at the...
Private nuisance—general principlesWhat situations can give rise to a claim?Private nuisance is a ‘violation of real property rights’. It involves...
Occupiers’ liabilityOccupiers' Liability Act 1957Under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957), an occupier of property owes a common law duty of...
Specific performance of property agreementsIf a party to a property agreement fails to comply with its obligations, the other party may wish to apply...
Forfeiture of a leaseWhen can a landlord exercise the right to forfeit a lease?Forfeiture is a landlord’s right to bring a lease to an end as a result...
Breach of Missives—remedies in ScotlandMissivesThe most common form of contract in Scottish property transactions are missives of sale, see for example, the Property Standardisation (PSG) PSG—Offers.The contract is formed by parties (or more commonly their agents) exchanging letters of offer and
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
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